Poland has a new President, well, President-Elect until he’s actually sworn in. President-Elect Andrzej Duda won out over current President Bronisław Komorowski. Duda is strongly supported by the conservative right and won overwhelmingly in the eastern side of Poland.…
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We had a great Saturday full of family and pottery. First, let’s tackle the pottery part. We went to Bolesławiec, the Mecca of Polish pottery lovers, to get our yearly pottery fix. We bought a reasonable (not excessive) amount of…
Our baby Rosie is seven. I know everyone says it, but seriously, where’d the time go? Because Rosie spent her actual birthday at her Dziadek’s funeral, we decided to invite a couple of friends over this weekend for a…
We got a chance to spend the weekend together. No funerals. Our weekend always starts the same with a drive from the city to the village. Occasionally we spot a deer or fox or wild pig on the way, but…
We spent last Easter in the US with my family. Rosie got her birthday cake on board the plane along with a card signed by the whole crew. She promptly vomited it all up, but the thought was very…
We are not religious. Not religious may be putting it lightly. I don’t mean that we just go to church or temple for the big holidays. Our attendance is much less frequent than that, as in we only go…
We don’t celebrate Easter like everyone else. There’s no Stations of the Cross for us or blessing our basket of food on Good Saturday or even Resurrection Mass on Easter Sunday. But there is time spent together, good food,…
A Good Friday reflection on the passing of my Polish father-in-law.…
Marynowane jajka inaczej pickled eggs jest amerykańska potrawa tradycyjnie podawana w mojej rodzinie na Wielkanoc. Smakuje świetnie kiedy jest podana na zimno z szynką i kiełbasą jak również z wołowiną. Niektórzy wolą jajka, niektórzy buraki, a niektórzy tak jak…
Here. Sunday morning. In my claw foot bath up to my ears in bubbles. In my “German” house in Poland. Steaming cup of coffee on the windowsill. Agnieszka Chylinska on the radio. She doesn’t know it, but we spend every…
